― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Bringing it All Back Home/Highway 61 Revisited/Blonde on Blonde/John Wesley Harding
...which really has to be the winner.
― Chuck B, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Consensus? ILM?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
And hey Matthew, Series of Sneaks is Spoon's best album! Soft Effects gives it a run for its money though.
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
In what sense? Was it really shorter than 25 minutes? (Not arguing, just asking.)
>, Stevie Wonder is not rock n roll<
Why? (Odd, hearing this from somebody who nominated Funkadelic.) (Whoever nominated Prince above and says he's not rock confuses me, too.)(Like, because he's not white?? Is there another reason?)
Land Speed Record and Metal Circus > Candy Ass Grey and Warhouse
High Voltage, If You Want Blood, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (which one came last in Australia?) all > Back in Black
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. V. (M.V.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Orbital II/Snivilisation/In Sides/Middle of Nowhere
also (I'm probably the only one here who will rep for all four of these):
Lazer Guided Melodies/Pure Phase/Ladies and Gentlemen/Let It Come Down
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
"In what sense? Was it really shorter than 25 minutes? (Not arguing, just asking.)"
Originally only 6 songs (on 2 x 7"ers iirc) totalling less than 20 minutes. The other 5 tracks on the album version that's now about were originally the A- and B-sides of various other singles released around the same time.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
d'oh! PWND! Well, kinda sorta... skin color doesn't have anything to do with it, its more that Funkadelic made pretty obvious use of rock tropes (LOUD GUITARS, psychedelic reverb effects, etc.) in a way that Stevie didn't.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
music of my mind > talking book > innervisions > fulfillingness' first finale
what do i have to do to convince wonder lovers that "songs in the key of life" suxxxx?!?! or is at least not as good as "music of my mind"?
and CCR is seconded.
― grauzone, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
X-post
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, that's not an EP (unless, like I said, all those odds and sods added up to less than 25 minutes). But I can see how it wouldn't count (like how Costello's *Taking Liberties,* say, wouldn't count.)
And lots of white bands on this thread don't have guitars as noisy as Funkadelic either, Shakey. I mean, I like CCR better than Stevie myself, but "Superstition" and "Living for the City" sure rock as hard as anything CCR (or the Beatles or Byrds etc) did to my ears.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
hehe
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― eedd, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Why is that people are disqualifying Stevie Wonder when the impetus for this thread was the Talking Heads? Mentalists.
Stewart, Strictly Personal is awesome and far superior to Mirror Man. Hell, I like it better than Safe As Milk!
And anyway Prince wins everything. Mentalists.
― J (Jay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm sure there's an REM partisan waiting to make his bid. What about Kraftwerk? They kinda count as rock. Or Motorhead (who definitely do)?
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I agree with pretty much everything you say (except wrt Radiohead - personally I think Amnesiac is the best album they've ever done!) however there's a big difference between consistent high quality and consistently high quality, which is what you seem to be demanding.
Bossa Nova and Trompe Le Monde may not be as good as Surfer Rosa and Doolittle; and Something Else and Lola may not be as good as Village Green or Face To Face; but they're still extremely good albums.
If consistently high quality is the criteria, then I'd have to start by taking issue with the suggestion that would then be inherent in the premise of the thread that More Songs About Buildings And Food is as good as '77, Fear Of Music Or Remain In Light - 'cos it just ain't!
"I'm sure there's an REM partisan waiting to make his bid. What about Kraftwerk? They kinda count as rock. Or Motorhead (who definitely do)?"
I already done dat.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
I second Sabbath, Velvets, and...
Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, Another Green Day, Before and After Science (arguably Discreet Music is somewhere in the middle there screwing things up)
Misfits: Static Age, 12 Hits From Hell, Walk Among Us, Earth A.D.(arguably one of the most underappreciated runs in punk rock history)
RZA (arguably the architect of these releases, which came out over the course of two years): Wu Tang's Enter the 36 Chambers, Method Man's Tical, ODB's Return To The 36 Chambers, Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., GZA's Liquid Swords (arguably, 5 records)
Wire: Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154 (arguably, only 3)
Minutemen: The Punch Line, What Makes A Man Start Fires, Howl and Buzz Under The Influence of Heat, Double Nickel on the Dimes (arguably)
Stooges: The Stooges, Fun House, Raw Power, Metallic KO (argh)
Yeah, this is fun...
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― werner t., Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, you should HEAR the albums...
*rimshot*
― eedd, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Has Dylan ever done 4 really great records in a row?
You could make a case for three, with "Subterranean Homesick Blues"-"Blonde On Blonde" and "Planet Waves"-"Desire", but four? Not really.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
As far as the last ten years, may I submit:Queens of the Stone Age > R > Songs for the Deaf > Lullabies to Paralyze
The most recent one is far from their best, but I think it's a very admirable run.
― digestion (digestion), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
The other archetype is when you throw a sprawling, inconsistent double album in the mix eg
Fleetwood Mac > Rumors > Tusk > Mirage
If Tusk had been a single LP we'd be going for it like CCR (who had some filler in there, people).
― mitya can't remember his frigging password, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― merritt ranew (merritt), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
I am shocked, shocked at all the negativity towards Hail To The Thief, that's my favorite album of theirs by far.
The Stones still win, but if we count stuff that was heard on bootleg first, then you have to give it up for Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde, The Basement Tapes
What about Gram Parsons? Sweetheart of the Rodeo/Gilded Palace/GP/Grevious Angel is a pretty impressive run.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link